WEBVTT Kind: captions; Language: en 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.001 [...] 00:00:33.000 --> 00:00:33.001 [...] 00:00:34.000 --> 00:00:39.000 [...] challenge I what's new today Oh same old thing I guess here's a paper if 00:00:39.000 --> 00:00:43.000 you want to dance good I was wondering where that dog gone get was. 00:00:44.001 --> 00:00:48.000 Where's mom Jenny starting supper I'm going to help her since I finished 00:00:48.000 --> 00:00:50.000 the algebra problem. 00:00:56.001 --> 00:01:03.001 Or. You know what it says here. They're going to take out all our phones and put 00:01:03.001 --> 00:01:19.000 in them kind with dials on them Oh grand that's [...] As soon as a man gets used 00:01:19.000 --> 00:01:22.000 to one thing by golly somebody wants to get away from. 00:01:22.001 --> 00:01:25.001 [...] had an old phone. 00:01:27.000 --> 00:01:33.001 That's the guy with the boy who I'd be glad to have my phone. You 00:01:33.001 --> 00:01:35.001 young and you never satisfied these days. 00:01:37.001 --> 00:01:42.000 Folks are getting more worried about being modern than they are over three square 00:01:42.000 --> 00:01:47.001 meals I'm going to call up a [... ] trying to what he thinks about all this. 00:01:51.000 --> 00:02:08.001 Give me three four four J. Thank you kindly don't talk too long Graham that will 00:02:08.001 --> 00:02:12.001 be ready in a few minutes never missed me yet I'm going to start now all right. 00:02:17.000 --> 00:02:20.001 And. I say is this it's not said I'm talking. 00:02:22.001 --> 00:02:27.000 Well get along close to your phone and go to buy a [...] 00:02:29.001 --> 00:02:33.000 What say. Can't hear me. 00:02:35.001 --> 00:02:39.000 I was talking about that airplane sky rating. 00:02:41.000 --> 00:02:45.000 Doing all kinds of tricks. Right over town. 00:02:45.001 --> 00:02:47.001 Sure I can see it from a front porch. 00:02:51.001 --> 00:02:58.001 [...] grabbing you that it may go in the eavesdroppers hang up and run outside. 00:03:01.001 --> 00:03:08.001 All the way changed a bit. That's pretty 00:03:08.001 --> 00:03:11.001 slick to be getting them off the line so we can hear better. 00:03:15.000 --> 00:03:21.000 Die of telephone. Yes I did hear something about it down at 00:03:21.000 --> 00:03:22.001 the grocery store this morning. 00:03:25.000 --> 00:03:29.000 Everybody thought it's a good idea. Oh. 00:03:31.000 --> 00:03:37.000 No I ain't going to get it in. 00:03:38.001 --> 00:03:41.000 No I'm just wondering why they wanted to change 00:03:41.000 --> 00:03:43.000 something that still works all right. 00:03:44.001 --> 00:03:47.000 I see you're right no more old fashioned you are. 00:03:50.001 --> 00:03:53.001 Grandpa get used to it gee gee he said the same thing 00:03:53.001 --> 00:03:55.000 when I got my new washer remember. 00:03:56.001 --> 00:04:01.001 You wouldn't go near for weeks even like to work it now Charlie James as we're 00:04:01.001 --> 00:04:05.001 going to have dial phones put in grandparent about it in the paper and yes I 00:04:05.001 --> 00:04:10.001 heard about it today. But to be a fine improvement for us here in town to mean 00:04:10.001 --> 00:04:14.001 pretty fast up to date service you can pour the water honey OK now. 00:04:16.001 --> 00:04:21.000 Grant got all worked up trying to get hot dinner now yes I heard him hollering 00:04:21.000 --> 00:04:25.001 out there on the hall but he'll be all right when he hears I might be some new 00:04:25.001 --> 00:04:30.000 construction going on you'll be down there every day if he can and tell him how 00:04:30.000 --> 00:04:34.001 to do it from what I hear they're planning to host the meetings around town later 00:04:34.001 --> 00:04:39.000 on what kind of meetings Charlie to tell folks all about the new system how it 00:04:39.000 --> 00:04:43.001 works and everything John Cook will be the main speaker John Cook you know he's 00:04:43.001 --> 00:04:48.000 the telephone manager Oh yes sure the first talk will be in the next parent 00:04:48.000 --> 00:04:52.001 teachers meeting I guess we'll have to figure out going then can I go to you 00:04:52.001 --> 00:04:56.001 don't have to gee he's going to talk at a meeting in the school assembly for you 00:04:56.001 --> 00:05:03.001 kids you'll hear about it then. What's going on here. You can't talk. 00:05:04.000 --> 00:05:09.000 [...] separate is going to be late for your death in time we're talking about 00:05:09.000 --> 00:05:12.001 going to a meeting that the telephone company wants to tell us all about this new 00:05:12.001 --> 00:05:17.001 dial service meeting tonight can't go going to watch and the box that I paid his 00:05:17.001 --> 00:05:22.000 wife's pantry well that you'll be able to go to this meeting all right 00:05:22.000 --> 00:05:23.001 won't be for some time yet. 00:05:52.000 --> 00:05:52.001 [...] 00:05:53.000 --> 00:05:58.001 Friends. It won't be long now until you know dial telephones are ready to serve 00:05:58.001 --> 00:06:04.000 you and I know you're as glad as I am that we're going to have an up to date 00:06:04.000 --> 00:06:06.001 telephone system here as any in America. 00:06:08.000 --> 00:06:12.001 Now most of your acquainted with what a dial telephone looks like because nearly 00:06:12.001 --> 00:06:17.001 all of the installations have been made in your homes but lots of other work has 00:06:17.001 --> 00:06:20.000 been going on around town to as you probably notice. 00:06:21.001 --> 00:06:26.000 The wiring that runs to your homes has been checked. New 00:06:26.000 --> 00:06:27.001 poll lines have been put up. 00:06:29.000 --> 00:06:33.000 And new cable has been pulled into place. Things were 00:06:33.000 --> 00:06:35.000 happening behind the scenes too. 00:06:36.000 --> 00:06:39.001 In fact the planning and the work on your new dial system has 00:06:39.001 --> 00:06:41.000 been underway for some time. 00:06:42.000 --> 00:06:46.001 A good many months ago our engineers drew up the plans for the new equipment. 00:06:47.001 --> 00:06:51.000 It was built to these specifications in Western electric factories. 00:06:52.000 --> 00:06:57.000 Telephone equipment is pretty much standard throughout the whole bell system but 00:06:57.000 --> 00:06:59.001 each community has its own telephone needs. 00:07:00.001 --> 00:07:05.000 And our equipment must be built to fit those needs not only for today 00:07:05.000 --> 00:07:07.001 but for years to come. 00:07:08.001 --> 00:07:15.000 Sometimes new buildings are required to hold the dial equipment in these cases we 00:07:15.000 --> 00:07:17.000 try to have them harmonize with the surroundings. 00:07:18.001 --> 00:07:23.000 It took a lot of time for our men to install equipment for dial service. 00:07:24.001 --> 00:07:27.001 And it took many days to put the new telephones in your homes. 00:07:28.001 --> 00:07:33.001 A little later on I'm going to ask Miss White of our traffic department to 00:07:33.001 --> 00:07:36.000 demonstrate how to make a call with your dial telephone. 00:07:37.001 --> 00:07:41.001 But right now I want you to listen to a man who has been working on the job of 00:07:41.001 --> 00:07:43.001 getting dial service ready for use. 00:07:43.001 --> 00:07:48.000 I'd like Mr. Johnson of our plant department to get up and tell you what happens 00:07:48.000 --> 00:07:52.001 during the actual cut over from the old system to the new one. 00:07:55.000 --> 00:08:01.001 Well ladies and gentlemen of course you know from what you've 00:08:01.001 --> 00:08:05.000 already heard that putting things in good shape for the new system 00:08:05.000 --> 00:08:07.000 has been quite a job. 00:08:07.000 --> 00:08:12.000 The main thing now is we're heading toward the time when we make the actual 00:08:12.000 --> 00:08:16.000 change to the new service what we call the cut over. 00:08:17.000 --> 00:08:22.000 So that there'll be no break in the community service this must all be 00:08:22.000 --> 00:08:23.001 done in a few seconds. 00:08:25.000 --> 00:08:30.000 You can see these are mighty important seconds and mighty exciting seconds. 00:08:31.000 --> 00:08:36.001 When the signal is given the little fuses are pulled out of the lines that were 00:08:36.001 --> 00:08:40.001 part of the switchboard service and the old service dies. 00:08:41.001 --> 00:08:47.000 And at almost the same instant few seconds at most we close the connections in 00:08:47.000 --> 00:08:50.001 the dial apparatus and it is ready to handle your calls. 00:08:51.001 --> 00:08:58.000 From then on you will have a dependable electrical operator at your service ready 00:08:58.000 --> 00:09:02.000 at an instant's notice one that will be there twenty four hours 00:09:02.000 --> 00:09:03.001 a day to handle your calls. 00:09:05.000 --> 00:09:09.001 Instead of hearing the familiar number please you will hear the dial tone which 00:09:09.001 --> 00:09:12.000 says the same thing electrically. 00:09:14.000 --> 00:09:15.000 Thank you Mr Johnson. 00:09:17.001 --> 00:09:20.001 And now I'm a slight will give you some pointers on 00:09:20.001 --> 00:09:22.000 using your new dial telephone. 00:09:23.001 --> 00:09:24.000 Miss White. 00:09:27.001 --> 00:09:32.000 Mr Johnson has just told you that your calls are handled in the dial system 00:09:32.000 --> 00:09:34.000 by an electrical operator. 00:09:35.001 --> 00:09:38.001 Of course you've got to understand that the dial system doesn't do away with 00:09:38.001 --> 00:09:40.000 the need for human operators. 00:09:41.001 --> 00:09:46.001 Although more than half the telephones in America are dialed we have more 00:09:46.001 --> 00:09:48.001 operators than we ever had before. 00:09:50.000 --> 00:09:54.000 Better service means that people make more calls and more 00:09:54.000 --> 00:09:55.001 calls mean more operators. 00:09:57.000 --> 00:10:02.000 Dial or no dial you'll still be placing out of town call you'll still want us to 00:10:02.000 --> 00:10:06.001 find unlisted numbers for you or you may need help in an emergency. 00:10:07.000 --> 00:10:11.001 So don't worry you'll find operators just before when you need them. 00:10:12.001 --> 00:10:17.000 Now I'm sure that most of you have used a dial telephone before but perhaps you'd 00:10:17.000 --> 00:10:19.001 like to know why it works the way it does. 00:10:20.001 --> 00:10:23.000 We'll use this equipment over here to demonstrate. 00:10:26.000 --> 00:10:31.000 As you can see this big dial looks like the one you have on your new telephone. 00:10:32.001 --> 00:10:36.001 Suppose you've got a number you want to call what's the first thing you do. 00:10:37.001 --> 00:10:41.000 Take up your receiver and listen for the dial tone. 00:10:43.000 --> 00:10:44.000 Here's how it sounds. 00:10:47.001 --> 00:10:54.001 The dial tone is the equipment's 00:10:54.001 --> 00:10:57.001 way of telling you that it's ready to put through your call. 00:10:58.000 --> 00:11:03.000 As Mr. Johnson pointed out it's the same as an operator saying number please. 00:11:05.000 --> 00:11:10.000 If you don't hear the dial tone within a reasonable time hang up. 00:11:11.000 --> 00:11:14.000 Wait a few seconds and then try again. 00:11:15.001 --> 00:11:17.001 As soon as you hear the dial tone. 00:11:20.000 --> 00:11:23.001 You're ready to dial the number you want. 00:11:25.000 --> 00:11:29.000 But before we do that let's examine the dial itself for a moment. 00:11:30.000 --> 00:11:35.000 When you operate the dial bringing it around to the finger stop. 00:11:37.000 --> 00:11:38.000 And then really fit. 00:11:39.001 --> 00:11:42.001 An electrical code message is sent to the automatic equipment 00:11:42.001 --> 00:11:44.000 in the central office. 00:11:47.000 --> 00:11:51.001 You'll get some idea of what happens over at the central office if you'll 00:11:51.001 --> 00:11:53.000 think of these columns of light. 00:11:53.001 --> 00:11:56.001 As representing the central office dial equipment. 00:11:58.000 --> 00:12:03.000 For example if the first number you dial is five. A five signal 00:12:03.000 --> 00:12:05.000 is received at the central office. 00:12:18.001 --> 00:12:23.000 Here the signal appears in the first column of light as five. 00:12:24.001 --> 00:12:27.000 Say the next number you dial is six. 00:12:31.000 --> 00:12:37.000 The signal appears in the next column of light as six. 00:12:38.001 --> 00:12:41.001 Suppose we say the third number dial is also a six. 00:12:45.000 --> 00:12:51.000 It will appear in the third column of light and so on. 00:12:51.001 --> 00:12:56.001 Of course the dial equipment receiving these signals in the central office is 00:12:56.001 --> 00:12:59.000 quite different from anything we have here on the platform. 00:13:00.000 --> 00:13:05.000 But in any sequence of numbers the number you dial will cause a particular signal 00:13:05.000 --> 00:13:09.000 to be sent to the dial equipment in the central office. 00:13:12.001 --> 00:13:15.001 Now let's start at the very beginning and see what you 00:13:15.001 --> 00:13:17.000 do when you want to call someone. 00:13:19.001 --> 00:13:22.001 First. You get the number from your new directory. 00:13:24.001 --> 00:13:31.000 Let's say the number is four five six seven. Then pick up your telephone 00:13:31.000 --> 00:13:33.001 and listen for the dial tone. 00:13:34.001 --> 00:13:38.000 As soon as you hear the dial tone you can start to dial the 00:13:38.000 --> 00:13:41.000 number. Here's the dial tone. 00:13:50.001 --> 00:13:56.001 Or. Notice the first column has received the signal for. And so 00:13:56.001 --> 00:13:58.001 on with five. 00:14:03.001 --> 00:14:10.000 Six. And seven. 00:14:13.000 --> 00:14:18.000 Always pull the dial all the way around to the finger stop and lift your finger 00:14:18.000 --> 00:14:21.001 after each number so that the dial swings back. 00:14:23.000 --> 00:14:28.000 Of its own accord. This is important because the electrical signals are sent to 00:14:28.000 --> 00:14:34.000 the dial equipment only as the dial swings back any interference with return of 00:14:34.000 --> 00:14:36.001 the dial may result in you getting a wrong number. 00:14:37.001 --> 00:14:42.001 Soon after the last number is dialed you will usually hear this tone. 00:14:54.001 --> 00:15:01.001 That's the ringing signal 00:15:01.001 --> 00:15:05.001 it tells you that the telephone at the number you call is ringing. 00:15:06.001 --> 00:15:11.000 The party at this number will hear a clear evenly spaced ring 00:15:11.000 --> 00:15:13.000 that sounds like this. 00:15:33.000 --> 00:15:38.000 The ring will continue until the telephone is answered or if no one 00:15:38.000 --> 00:15:39.001 answers until you hang up. 00:15:40.001 --> 00:15:45.001 When you dial the number and that line is busy you'll hear a signal like 00:15:45.001 --> 00:15:48.000 this. 00:16:00.000 --> 00:16:06.001 If you hear the busy signal simply hang up and wait a few minutes for the people 00:16:06.001 --> 00:16:09.001 who are talking on the line to finish and try again. 00:16:10.001 --> 00:16:16.001 When you raise your telephone and listen for the dial tone but discover someone 00:16:16.001 --> 00:16:21.001 else talking on the line hang up and try again after 00:16:21.001 --> 00:16:23.000 you've waited a reasonable time. 00:16:24.001 --> 00:16:29.000 Also if you lift your receiver and hear the clicks that indicate someone else on 00:16:29.000 --> 00:16:33.000 the line is dialing hang up as carefully as possible. 00:16:33.001 --> 00:16:39.000 But no matter how often or when you call always be sure to listen for the dial 00:16:39.000 --> 00:16:45.001 tone before you start to dial for instance if you should dial eight before 00:16:45.001 --> 00:16:51.001 hearing the dial tone the equipment may register only some of the number. 00:17:00.000 --> 00:17:07.000 Five the reason is really very simple. You start to dial before the equipment 00:17:07.000 --> 00:17:10.001 was ready and so it didn't receive all the electrical 00:17:10.001 --> 00:17:12.001 signals you tried to send it. 00:17:13.000 --> 00:17:20.000 The main things to remember are first look up the number in your new 00:17:20.000 --> 00:17:27.000 directory second raise your telephone and listen for the 00:17:27.000 --> 00:17:28.001 dial tone. 00:17:33.001 --> 00:17:40.000 Third dial each number carefully making sure you bring the dial all the way 00:17:40.000 --> 00:17:44.000 around to the finger stop each time then let go. 00:17:47.000 --> 00:17:54.000 Don't try to hurry it back. I'm 00:17:54.000 --> 00:17:59.000 sure if you follow the simple rules you'll find your new dial telephones easy to 00:17:59.000 --> 00:18:03.001 operate convenient to use and quick in service. 00:18:04.001 --> 00:18:05.000 Thank you. 00:18:14.000 --> 00:18:26.001 [...] 00:18:44.000 --> 00:19:04.000 [...] 00:19:18.001 --> 00:19:19.001 [...] 00:19:20.000 --> 00:19:24.001 The right noise. Let me see. 00:19:27.001 --> 00:19:28.001 [...] 00:19:30.001 --> 00:19:30.001 [...] 00:19:32.000 --> 00:19:32.001 [...] 00:19:37.001 --> 00:19:43.001 I know. This had a hot [...] of. 00:19:45.000 --> 00:19:50.000 My granny said this thing isn't hard to work. No Sir 00:19:50.000 --> 00:19:51.001 got the call through first time I tried. 00:19:54.000 --> 00:20:00.000 Real nice and clear to end it. God blame if I don't think this darn thing is 00:20:00.000 --> 00:20:03.001 going to work out pretty good at that. Yeah.